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Tottenham beat AC Milan 1-0 in final match on US tour

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Spurs only lost to Barcelona on penalties on the US tour

French winger Georges-Kevin N'Koudou gave Tottenham a 1-0 win over AC Milan in their final US tour game.

The 23-year-old finished a driving run by firing a shot past Gianluigi Donnarumma in the 47th minute, for his second goal of pre-season.

It was Spurs' second win in three games, having beaten Roma and lost to Barcelona on penalties on the tour.

They face Girona in a friendly on Saturday, before their Premier League opener at Newcastle on 11 August.

Spurs started six academy players in Minneapolis - Luke Amos, TJ Eyoma, Anthony Georgiou, George Marsh, Oliver Skipp and Kyle Walker-Peters.

Christian Eriksen and Son Heung-min both came on for the final half-hour.

While Spurs had more possession in front of 31,000 at US Bank Stadium, their Serie A opponents had three times as many shots.

Patrick Cutrone went closest for the Rossoneri, with Michel Vorm palming away the Italian's point-blank header. Jose Mauri sliced a shot wide in injury time.

Meanwhile, Son will miss South Korea's games against the Philippines and Kyrgyzstan in January, as well as an international friendly in November.

Spurs and South Korea have agreed a compromise which will see Son playing at the Asian Games, which run from 18 August to 2 September.

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  • Comment posted by JimmyC, at 07:51 1 Aug 2018

    Didn’t realise spurs were in the States, from the bbc coverage I thought it was only united’s academy team, and Liverpool’s first team went over for one game.

  • Comment posted by Munkhouse, at 07:09 1 Aug 2018

    It’s great to see the youngsters getting a chance, and it’s refreshing to have a manager not complaing about missing players. Spurs have the most 1st team players missing after the World Cup, but poch has got on with his job. Now carry the form into the league with a few easy games before the international break. And look forward to our first game at our new home, and a decent game against LFC.

  • Comment posted by kafka12, at 08:20 1 Aug 2018

    18. Posted by Mark Barrett
    The actual record is Spurs finished above liverpool in the last 8 of 9 seasons despite spending a fortune on foreign players. The only London team in champions League this year are fine. The truth is all engligh clubs should be run the way Spurs developed by Levy and investing in English game and future.

  • Comment posted by Finkelstein, at 07:31 1 Aug 2018

    Tottenham beat AC Milan 1-0 in final match on US tour.

    Well done Spurs on a good pre season tour. Only Barcelona bettered them on penalties. Lots of positives to take into the new season with so many of the youngsters coming through and a new world class stadium. Potch will have a plan.

  • Comment posted by Savager, at 07:55 1 Aug 2018

    Successful understated tour. Unlike Mourinho’s mob.

  • Comment posted by U17023543, at 07:54 1 Aug 2018

    Well done spurs on a solid pre season. 1 defeat to penalties. Not sure every spurs bashers here can say the same abput their teams. Imagine trying to put down the golden boot winner because of pure jealously what sad little lives they must live in their mothers spare rooms. Good luck to spurs this season and looking forward to the great football they play year in year out

  • Comment posted by Myeyeshaveseentheglory, at 07:25 1 Aug 2018

    A good result and a great performance by the Academy players and fringe members of the squad. It’s a good move to leave all those players in the semi finals of the World Cup behind as they need a break before a long season. With the caveat that you cannot read too much into pre season friendlies there is clearly an excellent team spirit within the club and the future looks bright

  • Comment posted by Biggus_Geeus, at 07:38 1 Aug 2018

    @8

    So that'll be just the 65,000 in the game at Pasadena then??? Well researched...

  • Comment posted by Retro Dave, at 07:15 1 Aug 2018

    Good result. Well done the academy boys!

  • Comment posted by Retro Dave, at 08:15 1 Aug 2018

    ThatsNeverA RealHorse 8. Tottenham have been touring US since the 1960’s.
    They also have 76 official supporters clubs in North America. https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/fans/supporters-clubs/north-america/

  • Comment posted by GreenerGrass, at 08:43 1 Aug 2018

    Despite hardly any mention of Spurs pre season amongst all the hundreds of Man Utd & Liverpool stories this win actually puts them top of the Champions Cup table! Not bad for a youth team who are waiting on the return of their senior players from the World Cup (who incidentally scored more goals than any other domestic club in the world!).

  • Comment posted by Myeyeshaveseentheglory, at 08:12 1 Aug 2018

    8 Thatsneverarealhorse

    You certainly are a horse’s arce. Try getting your facts straight before you go trolling. Spurs have played matches against Enfield Town and Brentford before going to the USA. We also have a very strong fan base in the USA. For you information Liverpool have only finished above us once in about the last10 years and we are light years ahead of Woolwich Wanderers

  • Comment posted by SpudSince1960, at 08:14 1 Aug 2018

    @ 4 Sudsy. You may not like Spurs but stop at that before you spout out more biased drivel.

    Yes, Harry wasn't great in the WC semi but neither were those whose job it was to supply the opportunities. Did you watch the match or any after the group stage? Other than the keeper, the back 3 and Trippier, none of them played well.

    Spurs have a young and improving squad. It's time will come.

  • Comment posted by kafka12, at 08:01 1 Aug 2018

    Tottenham is one of the few clubs that focus on youth develpment particularly the English players.Spurs had 5 players in the England world cup team. Winks and Mason would have been included if not injured. Six new Academy players joined first team in US.:TJ Eyoma, George Marsh and Oliver Skipp , Luke Amos, Anthony Georgiou and Kyle Walker-Peters plus winks and Onomah willshine in the new stadium

  • Comment posted by Mike1981, at 07:26 1 Aug 2018

    Munkhouse; I agree but they are only being given a chance due to the first team players playing most of the final stages at the WC. But yes they have impressed in all 3 games, let's hope the first team are firing on all fronts at Newcastle.

  • Comment posted by MGRowe, at 08:38 1 Aug 2018

    Strange pre-season due to the world cup and a number of teams have suffered. Injuries a worry but the players did a great job. Obviously not a pointer to the season but good to see some talent emerging. As for signings there is no point signing players who do not improve an already very good squad so unless we can get a better player than what we already why sign anyone? Consistency is better

  • Comment posted by Listen and learn, at 08:19 1 Aug 2018

    Happy to stay under the radar so far. It'll be between us and city again. Hopefully we can nick it this year. COYS!

  • Comment posted by Tony, at 10:05 1 Aug 2018

    77. Posted by Bhoysaremen
    I haven't made claims about how big Spurs are, just pointed out a few facts that they have won more in Europe and also won more recently in Europe than Celtic. I am not under any illusions as to my team unlike Celtic supporters that believe they are a power house because they win a non league comp.

  • Comment posted by caeserean, at 09:43 1 Aug 2018

    32. Posted by Bhoysaremen on
    54 minutes ago

    Serious question... why are you trying to troll Spurs fans? Surely you have something better to do than making feeble comments about a club from a different league to yours.

    Tell us what you think you are achieving here. I'm curious

  • Comment posted by caeserean, at 09:32 1 Aug 2018

    50. Posted by City Pulse on
    9 minutes ago
    "Spurs may not get the majority coverage yet still its always positive and constructive even though they have won nothing for years"

    What is your complaint? Should BBC only cover teams who have pumped billions into buying trophies?
    Where were you when the BBC was having a pop at Alli and Kane before the WC?

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